True, Russia is currently the 2nd strongest army in Ukraine, if not the 2nd strongest army in Russia. They lack the manpower and resources to extend their aggression deeper into Eastern Europe, so I don't think NATO will need to mobilize to prevent an incursion into a country like Estonia or Latvia. But in that unlikely scenario we'd have Sweden's backing, NATO member or not.
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There's a lot to unpack here, but I have similar concerns. If Lemmy becomes a refuge for people fleeing Reddit, how do we ensure that the toxic mods from Reddit don't simply bring the toxicity over here?
I won't name usernames, but I can think of a few specific ones that showed up on almost every sub's list of moderators who can just... fade away, along with Reddit itself. I'd be interested to know if there's a strategy in place to ensure there are no super moderators on Lemmy. Or at least, not on Beehaw.
I don't think there is a specific process for that outlined in NATO's treaty. However, Article 60 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties suggests a member country could commit a material breach of the treaty, if that nation that violated the principles of the treaty in a systematic and egregious manner. The decision to suspend or expel that nation would have to be a unanimous decision made by all other existing members.
There have been calls to suspend Turkey from NATO in the past, but there's no precedent for suspending a NATO member, and that's probably part of the reason why the member countries have been hesitant to do so. The U.S. in particular might not back the idea, since this would be very damaging to our diplomatic relations with Turkey in general. However, Hungary has been so pro-Russia lately that there may be a strong case for suspending them from NATO, and I don't believe they're seen as important as Turkey from a diplomatic standpoint, either. So, that's a possibility if they continue to block Sweden from joining.
True, and they wanted to keep religion out of government because they had just won independence from the monarchy that established the "Church of England". They knew how problematic it was when the head of state is also the head of the church. Separation of church and state protects both entities; mixing them de-legitimizes both. Modern evangelicals seem to have forgotten that.
If Southern Baptists could ban male and female pastors, I would be so happy.
The last FPS I really got into was Overwatch, and my two mains (Mercy and Reinhardt) weren't gun fighters. Some FPS games actually try to innovate, like Titanfall, and while I can't get into them, I can see the appeal. But then there's the Call of Duty and Battlefield series, which largely give us the same gameplay over and over again. I know they're popular for a reason, and they continue to sell really well, but... yeah. I just don't get it.
What, another one? I've lost count of how many times I've been furloughed since the Obama administration. This will be either shutdown #3 or #4 for me, if it happens.
Russia could only find one tank for their World War II Victory Day parade, and Prigozhin is openly rebelling because they couldn't find enough ammo to supply the Wagner Group. The shortages have been obvious for a while now.
I wouldn't be at all surprised if Southwest Airlines was just the tip of the iceberg, in terms of airlines with dated hardware and/or software. These companies rarely learn from each others' mistakes.
I've heard mixed reports on that... Trump is either being allowed to provide a photo in lieu of mugshot or, if a mugshot is taken, it will not be made public.
Chris Christie was one of the first Republicans to back Trump in 2016, once he started pulling ahead of the pack in the primaries. That being said, he's being harder on Trump than most of the other candidates in the current field. It boggles my mind that Pence is still being tepid in his criticism, but he's the poster child for "no backbone", so I guess I shouldn't be surprised.
Thanks for the reply! I think limiting the number of communities that a given user can moderate is a great policy.